Re: How to create a metapackage
On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 01:25:39PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 5:34 AM, Santiago Vila wrote:
>
> > i.e. tell apt-get to ignore recommends.
> >
> > In this case a metapackage using recommends does not seem very useful,
> > I guess.
>
> apt-get --install-recommends --install-suggests install metapackage
Ok, "marginally useful" then.
If I have to write that to install a metapackage, it would be probably
faster to copy the package list in the Recommends line and install the
recommended packages directly.
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